The St. Louis Symphony was giving a free concert tribute to Curtis Mayfield. We decided to go and check it out. We had never been to Powell Hall before and were quite surprised at how nice it is. We made sure to get there early since there were no assigned seats. We were pleasantly surprised … Continue reading “Curtis Mayfield Tribute – 2/3/2016”
Our family (mostly Danelle) is involved in Missouri Stream Team. Danelle tends to act more on the organizational and science side of Stream Team. This means running meetings and performing monitoring. The other side of Stream Team is the cleanup side. There are a dedicated group of people that go out many weekends each year … Continue reading “Stream Team Cleanup – 1/30/2016”
I decided to make my first ever angel food cake. Danelle has always made them in the past. I followed the directions to make it per the box. I thought the pan strange and worried that it would leak out, but Danelle assured me she has never had an issue and that things would be … Continue reading “Angel Food Disaster – 1/27/2016”
I wanted to go canoeing and I needed a partner. I couldn’t think of anybody better to take with me that my lovely daughter, Sonora. When I asked her, she jumped up excitedly and was ready to go. I instructed her on the things I wanted her to wear and the spare clothes to bring … Continue reading “Paddling with Sonora – 4/21/2016”
The Girl Scout troop Sonora is in hosted a Dude Daughter dance. Sonora and I went shopping at Goodwill in town and got our outfits matching and ready. They had a DJ that instructed us in line dancing. So I got lots of dancing time with Sonora. A perfect evening to spend with my favorite … Continue reading “Dude Daughter Dance – 1/22/2016”
Corvin got his braces off today. He’s quite pleased to have his mouth back to normal! Mom was quite excited to see him back to normal too. We had to celebrate, so we went to Burger King on the way home and had a bit of fun… And some more fun in animated format… Hogan … Continue reading “Corvin’s Braces Off”
Danelle and Sonora took Hannah to her first NHL blues game. The girls were lucky enough to be at a game where there were not as many people in attendance. They came down to the first level from the top to see the game from close up! Quite the experience. Rumor has it that Hannah … Continue reading “A New Hockey Fan – 1/4/2016”
We hadn’t been to the City Museum for a long time. Sonora was begging us to go for a while and the timing seemed perfect. One of the favorites that they kept going back to was the outdoor ball pit. We made several trips to play in it throughout the day. This outdoor shot really … Continue reading “City Museum – 1/3/2016”
The family is sandbagging for the second time this year. You may remember back in June when we sandbagged in Kimmswick. Now there was a call out along the River Des Peres during heavy winter rain. So with the kids off school, Danelle took Corvin and Sonora out for a few hours in the morning. … Continue reading “Sandbagging again – 12/29/2015”
We made our first ever trip to Ikea. It was going to be a nice break from all the rain outside with a chance to walk around and see something new. The kids didn’t waste any time at the start dressing up with the clothes provided. This was about the last fun they had for … Continue reading “Ikea – 12/26/2015”